Zamia erosa

Zamia erosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Division:Cycadophyta
Class:Cycadopsida
Order:Cycadales
Family:Zamiaceae
Genus:Zamia
Species: Z. erosa
Binomial name
Zamia erosa
Synonyms

Zamia amblyphyllidia D.W.Stev.

Zamia erosa is a species of cycad native to the Caribbean islands of Jamaica, Cuba, and Puerto Rico, described by Orator Fuller Cook and Guy N. Collins in 1903.[1] The species formerly known as Z. amblyphyllidia (described in 1987) was determined in 2010 to be the same species as Z. erosa, and was.[2] It is listed as vulnerable by the IUCN Red List.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Cook, Orator F.; Collins, Guy N. (1903). "Economic plants of Porto Rico". Contributions from the United States National Herbarium. 8: 267.
  2. ↑ Calonje, M., Meerow, A. W., & Stevenson, D. W. (2010). "The typification of Zamia erosa and the priority of that name over Z. amblyphyllidia". Taxon. 59 (2): 637–642. JSTOR 25677624.
  3. ↑ Stevenson, D.W. 2010. Zamia erosa. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T187835A8637070. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T187835A8637070.en. Downloaded on 30 December 2015.


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